elcome to the inaugural Alaska Business Legal Elite! This list features Alaska’s most talented attorneys as nominated by their peers.

Here’s what we did: earlier this year we invited licensed Alaskan attorneys to nominate licensed lawyers practicing in Alaska whom they think excel in providing legal services. Once the online survey process was completed, a third-party data collection specialist verified that the nominated lawyers have a current license. The final list of Legal Elite represents about 8 percent of practicing lawyers in the state, all of whom were selected by those who are intimately knowledgeable about what it takes to be a good lawyer.

This list is not a directory of attorneys for hire; it is instead a representation of the cream of the legal industry crop in Alaska. The list below is printed EXACTLY as it was published in August 2023.

The Legal Elite are Alaska’s top lawyers as nominated by their peers. Throughout the month of March and into April, locally licensed lawyers had the opportunity to recognize other lawyers that they see excelling in the legal profession. To create the list, Alaska Business contracted DataJoe Research. We recognize that there are many good lawyers who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within the region. Inclusion in the list is based on the opinions of responding lawyers in the region. We take time and energy to ensure fair voting, although we understand that the results of this survey nomination and internet research campaign are not an objective metric. We certainly do not discount the fact that many good and effective lawyers may not appear on the list.